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Analysing the relationship between the neoliberal condition and modernization can help better understand the nature of domination unfolding under the contemporary stage of capitalist development. Here, the broad de-modernizing tendencies unfolding under the neoliberal age are explored. It is claimed that the neoliberal condition erodes the differentiation of modes of action underpinning the modernist project and, consequently, the conditions for emancipatory action. Despite drawing my inspiration from Habermas’ work, I show that the latter falls short of fully capturing the developments unfolding under the present-day situation.
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The logic of inclusivity in question was nevertheless predominantly economic, for it mainly served to alleviate socio-economic inequalities and not, as the 1960s protests illustrated, identity-based hierarchies.
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Masquelier, C. (2017). Modernization and the Neoliberal Condition. In: Critique and Resistance in a Neoliberal Age. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40194-6_12
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